Handling Static-Sensitive Devices - IBM RS/6000 Enterprise Server M80 Service Manual

Handling Static-Sensitive Devices

Attention: Disk drives, tape drives, and CD-ROM drives are sensitive to static electricity discharge.
These devices are wrapped in antistatic bags to prevent this damage.
Take the following precautions:
v If you have an antistatic wrist strap available, use it while handling the device.
v Do not remove the device from the antistatic bag until you are ready to install the device in the system
unit.
v With the device still in its antistatic bag, touch it to a metal frame of the system.
v Grasp cards and boards by the edges. Hold drives by the frame. Avoid touching the solder joints or
pins.
v If you need to lay the device down while it is out of the antistatic bag, lay it on the antistatic bag. Before
picking it up again, touch the antistatic bag and the metal frame of the system unit at the same time.
v Handle the devices carefully in order to prevent permanent damage.
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